Container



F. B. WENDEL CONTAINER Aug. 7, E923. 11,464,457

Filed Oct. 4. 1921 Nimmw..

a ef i i ll 55h/imma Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

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FRANS BERTIL WENDEIQUOF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CONTAINER.

Applicationled October 4, 1921. Serial No. 505,227.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known kthat I, FRANs BEn'rrL WENDEL, a citizen of the United States, and' a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Container, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to containers for powdered or granulated materials such as spices, condiments, or .the likeand refers more particularly to an improved means for discharging or removing the contents thereof. l

The invention contemplates a container of the character described provided with a closure which affords means forsifting the contents or dischargingthe same in quantities, which closure is rotatably mounted on the top of the container for selectively shifting the same to its various dischargepos'itions.

As a further object the invention contemplates interengageable friction means' on the closure and container top which arev adapted to coact to retain the closure in its various shifted positions. o

A stillv further object of the invention resides in the provision of a discharge means and a destructible seal coacting therewith which initially operates to seal the discharge means in closedv position.

As a further object the invention aims to provide a discharge closure for a containery of the character described whicheliminates sharp points or edges which might tend to injure the hands of the user in opening the same and which is applicable to containers of various shapes and sizes. v o

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed outin the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood thatthe right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed and by variations in the phraseology of the same.

In the drawings- Figure l is a side elevation of the container constructed in accordance with the invention and illustrating the dischaigev means sealed in closed position.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

, Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating the closure head shifted toaposition for dis.- charging the contents. c

Figure l is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken approximately on the line 4 4 of Figure 2. A

Figure 5 is a similar view taken approximately on the line 5 5 of F igure.

Figure 6 is a similar view taken approximately on the line 6--6 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates the body of a container of oblong configuration in cross section. The upper end of the body is closed by a permanently attached top` 11 which isl provided with a centrallydisposed convex boss 12 and diametrically disposed upstanding bosses 13 and 14 on'opposite sides thereof, said bosses 13 and 14 being of oblong configuration in plan view. Use is made of a closure head 15 which is of substantially the same size and configuration as the upper end of the container body and which is providedwith a centrally disposed upstan'ding. concave boss 16 adapted to snugly receive and fit over the boss 12v of the top11. The

bosses 12 and 16 are provided with concentrically .aligned apertures through which a rivet l is passed to affordmeans kfor rotatably associating the closure head with the top of the container. The closure head is provided with complementary upstanding' bosses 18 and 19 providng ontheir under faces recesses adapted to snugly receive the bosses 13 when-said bosses are brought into alignment. The peripheral edges of the f closure .head 15' are provided with an upstanding continuous iiange 2O disposed. in vertical alignment with the sides of the body and with the vupper edges thereof in a horizontal plane slightly above the central boss and rivet. The central boss 12 of the top is provided at diametrically opposite points with dischargeports 21 and 22 and with sifter openings 23 arranged at right angles thereto to provide a substantially annular series of discharge ports through the central boss 12 of the top 11. rfhe closure head 15 is provided with a single discharge opening 24 in the central boss 16 thereof which is adapted to be selectively brought into registration with either of the discharge ports 21 or 22 jor the sifter-.openings 23 whenA the closure head is -rotated relative to the container. Normally when the closure head is in the position illustrated in Fig.

ldie-over the upper -side Walls of the body and the outer sides ofthe flange as. illustratedrin Fig. -1 vin order to insure to the purchaser ithe A'geniiine and unadulterated article, said seal being designed to be broken v'automatically by turning or vtvvistin'g the closure head relative to Vthe body. The distance between the vinner :edges of the bosses 1 3 and llfis substantially equal `to the -distance between theouter sides of theflanges 'lof the closure'head whereby upon turning the same a quarter turn or at rightV angles said yinner yedges 1of the bosses 13 and 14 will coact with 'the'side walls of the flanges to frictioilally retain lthe closure'head in a vposition tofbring:thedischarge opening 24 in alignment with either of the discharge ports "21 or 22; v This will .permit the pouring or discharging of a quantityofthe contentsfrom the container lbody. i/Vhen' it is desired to use the -sifter openings 23 for sifting the contents therefrom, the closure head .is rotated a half turn `to bring vthe discharge port 24in registrywith the sifter openings 23 in -which instancefthe bosses 14: *"and 18 and :13 and 19 lwill interengage to frictionally retain "the closurehea'd in this. position. The upstanding:peripheral flange 20 ofthe closure lhead `affords ample means for manipulating the same to effect-its turning or shifting to the various positions, and the inherent resiliency of the material from which the body top and `closure head are i vconstructed will insure the snapping of the containers of oblong configuration in cross bosses I13, '14, 18 and 19 vinto` r frictional linv'terengagement with Yeachother to preventV4 vcasual "displacement of the same. l

Vhile the devicehas been illustrated and described as being specially adaptable vto section, it is to be understood that the same maybe employed equally as well in connec tion with square, round or 'othershapes ofv containers.

1. A container kcomprisinga body having a closed top end of oblong configuration and provided with an annularly arranged series of discharge openings, a closure conforming in shape to the closed top end of the container and rotatably .mounted thereon, said closure havingV a` discharge opening adapted to be disposed in registry with any Ione ofsaid series `of `discharge openings inthe :top of the bodyor disposed out of registry .therewith :for clos ing the same,-complementarybosses anddepressions providedrespectively on theclosed top end of the body and in the under side 1 i of the closure adaptedv .for interengagernent to ,retain the .major axis ofthe closed ftopi end of the body and the closure in align-l ment, the said bosses engageable with the side 4edges of 4the closure for holding .the

major axis ofthe same at right ,angles to the-body. A

f2; In a container Aof fthe character nde#y scribed, an oblong body having a closed 'top end lprovided Awithfan annularly :arranged series of discharge openings, `.bosses up# standing' from said topend, an. oblong closure yrotatably mounted onth'e closedend ofthe container andof such widthjthat the side edges will be engaged A'by fthe bosses when the closure isopened,'said closure hay ing a discharge opening therein, and depressions in the underside ofzsaidcl'osure adapted for interengagement with .thevbosses .for

retaining the ksame in closed position.

.3. A container of the character set forth comprising a body having a top provided with an annularly arranged yseries Aof discharge openings, a `closure conformin-,f: in shape to the zbody `rotatably .mounted Ion :said top andprovided with a discharge opening adapted to be respectively disposed .in-rege istry with .any one of said seriesfof dischargeopenings in .ithe top` of the lbodyor disposed outof registry :therewith/,for clos"- ing the same, interengageable means von the i top and the closure adapted to coact--ffor frictionally maintaining the discharge openings in or out of registry,and a destructible f seal coacting respectively with the:v periphery of the closure'and ofszthe container` body for initiallysealing the sameto y'close the discharge opening adaptedto 'be'.brohfen open by relative rotation of the closurehead withrespect to the body.

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